Thérèse Murphy

Health & Human Rights Unit, Queen’s University Belfast

Thérèse Murphy is professor of law and director of the Health & Human Rights Unit at Queen’s University Belfast. She is also a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies. Within the Global Campus of Human Rights, she is the Chairperson of the European Master's on Human Rights and Democratisation, the GC Human Rights Preparedness Founding Editor, and a member of the GC Council.

A former Fulbright fellow, she studied law at University College Dublin and the University of Cambridge, and was admitted to the bar at King’s Inns, Dublin. Her field of expertise is human rights law and practice, with particular interests in health, science and technology, and human rights method.

She is a member of the editorial board of the Human Rights Law Review, associate editor of BMC International Health & Human Rights and co-editor of the Bloomsbury/Hart book series, Law and Health. She sits on the Moral & Ethical Advisory Group established by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care.

David Suzuki

Right Livelihood Laureate, 2009

David Suzuki is one of the most brilliant scientists and communicators about science of his generation. Through his books and broadcasts, which have touched millions of people worldwide, he has stressed the dangers, as well as the benefits, of scientific research and technological development.

He has campaigned tirelessly for environmental protection and social responsibility in science. For the past decades, Suzuki has informed the world about the grave threat of climate change and how it can be reduced.

In 2009, he received the Right Livelihood award “for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness about the perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it.”

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Veronica Gomez

President of the Global Campus of Human Rights

Veronica Gomez is the current Global Campus President. She was appointed by the GC Assembly at its meeting of 11 December 2019 in Pretoria (four-year mandate).

She is a Judge in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2022-2027) and Director for Education of the International Centre for Political Studies (CIEP) at the National University of San Martin (UNSAM) where she is also the Co-Director of the Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LATMA). She has also served as Chairperson of the former Global Campus Council since 2015.

Her professional path includes her role as Principal Specialist at the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights of the Organisation of American States in Washington (1998-2009) and as a Senior Advisor on Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina (2010-2011).

Morris Tidball-Binz

UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions

Mr. Morris Tidball-Binz is a medical doctor specialized in forensic science, human rights and humanitarian action. He contributed to the development and worldwide use of forensic science to investigate and document extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, enforced disappearances, torture and detention conditions, as well as to humanitarian action in armed conflicts and natural catastrophes.

Over the past 35 years, he has conducted fact-finding, technical assessments and capacity building missions to over 70 counties in all regions. He was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions, on 1 April 2021.

He is currently an Adjunct Clinical Professor in Forensic Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia and a Visiting Professor of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Ethics and Medical Law, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal and of the Department of Biomedical Health Sciences, University of Milano, Italy.

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Theresa Harris

Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program, AAAS

Theresa Harris is the Interim Program Director of the Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

She manages the Program’s projects on science and human rights, including On-call Scientists, a volunteer referral service that provides technical support for human rights organizations, activities that promote greater understanding of the human right to science, and a new project on artificial intelligence and human rights. She also serves as coordinator of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition, a network of scientific, engineering, and health associations that recognize the role of science and technology in human rights.

Prior to joining AAAS, Ms. Harris represented survivors of human rights violations before United States courts, the Inter-American human rights system, and United Nations human rights mechanisms. She has served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA and is a member of the governing body of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT). Ms. Harris holds degrees in anthropology, land use planning, and law and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Guillermo Anlló

UNESCO Montevideo

He currently serves as Senior Programme Specialist, Science and Technology Policy and Capacity-Building, at the UNESCO Regional Office for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Montevideo, Uruguay. In this position, he manages UNESCO´s regional activities in fields such as: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policies; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education; Science Communication; Gender and STEM; STI information; Promotion of Basic and Engineering Sciences; Science-Policy-Society linkages; Science Diplomacy.

Previously, he was Vice-Minister of Technology and Innovation, at the first Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (2016-2017); and a researcher and professor at the Faculty of Economics UBA, Argentina (2011 – 2015). From 2002 to 2011, he worked at ECLAC UN Buenos Aires Office as Innovation Policy Specialist.

In his prior experiences he worked with RICYT, the Ibero American Network on Science and Technology Indicators, as a researcher and as professor at the National University of Quilmes and other universities in Argentina and Latin America, and as a consultant to various National and International agencies, (IADB, OIT, UNICEF, WIPO, OPS, World Bank).

He has published and presented numerous papers related to Science, Technology and Innovation policy and Bioeconomy, and conducted training and capacity-building seminars and workshops in Latin-America.